Leadership in IT Project Management: Competencies and Success Factors

This report focuses on the significance of human endeavors in the context of IT project management. It emphasizes the evolving business landscape and the critical role of leadership qualities in project managers. The report explores various leadership theories and competencies, highlighting factors that contribute to successful project outcomes, particularly in construction projects. It examines the importance of knowledge, skills, and managerial activities, including resource management, in achieving project objectives within constraints of cost and time. The report delves into different perspectives on leadership competencies, including the ability to work effectively and the behavioral attributes that contribute to task performance. It also examines the role of communication skills and the ability to handle complexities and uncertainties. The report concludes by highlighting the impact of leadership proficiency on project success, emphasizing that effective leadership is crucial for navigating complex project environments and ensuring positive outcomes. The resource reviews the impact of project manager leadership competencies and the success rate of the project from the point of view of different writers who also stated that the role of the project managers is always subjected to changes according to the business situations.

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Summary
The foremost determination of the paper is to focus on the importance of human
endeavours in the growth of any nation in the world. The human endeavours are very much
important in every business sector. The ever changing business conditions is one of the main
reason behind giving so much importance to the leadership qualities of the project managers (Ha
& Tran, 2018). The selected resource gives the readers idea about the impact of leadership
qualities in the construction projects. The resource provides an in depth knowledge about the
different theories of project manager leadership competence as well as the factors which are
responsible for the successfully conducting a construction project (Mahjoubpour et al.,2018).
The prime objective of the project is to focus on the competitive pressures which have an impact
regarding accomplishing the business objectives of the construction projects.
The author of this resource focussed on the qualities of a good project manager such as
the knowledge, skill and other managerial activities. The quality off a good project such as the
management of the resources is very much essential to accomplish the desired outcomes in terms
of the cost and time (Viglioni, Cunha & Moura, 2016). This resource provides an in-depth
knowledge about the leadership competencies. Different writers have stated their perceptions
about the leadership competencies in this resource. Woodruffe stated about the two factors of
leadership competencies such as the ability to work fluently and the set of behaviour which are
useful for performing any kind of task or functions. The idea of leadership competencies
includes authorization, completion of the task with in the authorization and the attributes which
underlies the behaviour (Larsson et al., 2016). Amrstrong stated the difference between
competence and competency, whereas Byoyatzis stated that competence is a fundamental
characteristics of an effective person. Hogan believes that the temperament of a leader is a

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determinant of usefulness. Hogan stated that the different categories of the leaders such as some
are expert in work on stable working environment and some are expert in changing working
environment.
The most intriguing feature of this resource is that it hugely focuses on the management
capability of the project manager. The resource stated that the role of the project manager is
shifting from the management point of view to the application of the effective skills and
leadership abilities in different phases of the projects (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). The project
manager needs to deal with different types of complexities such as the limitations of cost,
resources and the other uncertainties with the use of intelligence and good problem solving
abilities. Creativity and flexibilities are the other very important criteria of a project manager
apart from the ability to deal with the ambiguity pressure. The resource also focussed on the
importance of the communications skills of project managers which helps for different kinds of
activities such as the development of the project planning document as it involves different types
of stakeholders (Harrison & Lock, 2017). Crawford suggested that the leadership competence of
the project managers is a amalgamation of the capability to do the work, knowledge about the
work and core competencies.
The success factors of the construction industries are the efficiency of the projects, impact on
the consumers, business success and preparation for the future. The projects is generally
considered successful if it accomplishes the following criteria’s
o Accomplish the target of the project with the estimated time period and cost.
o Created a positive impact on the clients such as client satisfaction.
o Accomplishes business success by making a big market share.

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o Development of new technology and new product lines for the future.
Success of the projects is also considered on the basis of the efficiency of the project owner,
user and administration team. The resource also helps in understanding the different perspectives
of achievement criteria among different individuals (Hughes, Champion & Murdoch, 2015). The
other criteria of a successful project are health and safety measures, no conflictions between the
different stakeholders of the project, environmental stability, educational social and professional
aspects, technical performance and the ability to perform functions.
The final unit of the resource concentrates on the influence of the leadership proficiency
of project managers on the accomplishment of the project. The resource help in understanding
the effectiveness of the leadership qualities in the complex projects. The lack of recognition of
the leadership qualities may also have an impact on the success rate of the project (MAIDIN,
2018). Every project leaders have their own working methodologies, personality traits and ability
to contribute to the accomplishment of the project. The qualities of a project manager is very
much important as it helps in maintaining a good relationship with the different attributes of a
project (Walker, 2015). The resources conclude with a review of the impact of project manager
leadership competencies and the success rate of the project from the point of view of different
writers who also stated that the role of the project managers is always subjected to changes
according to the business situations.
Learning outcomes
From the chosen resource I have gained a huge amount of knowledge about the qualities
of a good project manager. As a project leader this resource was really helpful from for me, the
attributes of being a good leader was described in a professional way in this paper. The paper

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guided me about the qualities which are required to manage complex business environments in a
professional approach. At same time this resource was helpful for me to understand the role of
the human endeavours in the socio economic development for any country. The chosen paper
helped in having a perception about the competencies of the leadership qualities. As a project
leader, this paper helped me in understanding all the probable factors which are responsible for
the successful conduction of the construction projects. All the success criteria’s are
professionally structured in this paper which will be helping me to implement those in the
construction project which are under my control. However, the most important part of this paper
is that is stated that business conditions are always subjected to changes so this paper will be
guiding me to deal with those business conditions in the first place.

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